Strike and Dip vs Virtual Compass º
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strike and Dip
This app functions as a pocket geological tool, enabling users to record strike and dip measurements, bearings, and plunge angles. It also provides real-time location data like latitude, longitude, and elevation, with the ability to save notes and attach photos. Integrated maps display saved data points, and the app offers extensive customization for measurement formats.
- Record strike, dip, and plunge
- Get real-time GPS coordinates
- Save measurements with notes and photos
- View data on integrated maps
- Customizable measurement formats
- Supports azimuth and quadrant bearings
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Strike and Dip turns your iPhone into a pocket transit. Take strike & dip measurements, bearings, plunge, and all that geological goodness, while simultaneously getting your latitude, longitude, and elevation. Save your measurements as notes, and add photos to your notes. Now also with maps (geological in the U.S. and some other parts of the world) that show the locations of all your saved data. Customizable to how you work: choose between azimuth and quadrant formats for bearings, three formats for coordinates, meters and feet, and three different formats for strike and dip.
Virtual Compass º
This app overlays a precise compass and GPS coordinates onto your camera's view, offering real-time direction and location tracking. Navigate easily by seeing your heading and position directly on your surroundings.
- Real-time compass direction
- Real-time compass heading
- GPS coordinates display
- Camera viewfinder integration
- Instant GPS readings
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Virtual Compass is a camera compass that accurately navigates users through virtual navigation and compass direction. Just open the app and see an accurate compass heading and compass direction displayed over what is in front of you. Your GPS coordinates are always displayed as well, so you can always identify where you are, making it easier to navigate using the virtual compass. Virtual Compass includes: -accurate realtime compass direction in big bold font -accurate realtime compass heading -your real time GPS coordinates -easy-to-use view finder (via your phone's camera) to accurately identify compass direction and compass heading. -instant gps readings -camera compass Get an accurate virtual compass reading instantly!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Virtual Compass º at Free against Strike and Dip's $4.99. Virtual Compass º also leads on ratings volume (308 vs 2) and review sentiment (56% vs 42%). Strike and Dip's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Virtual Compass º is free to download; Strike and Dip costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Strike and Dip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Compass º has 308 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Strike and Dip's written reviews are positive against 56% of Virtual Compass º's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Strike and Dip ships an update every 9 months, Virtual Compass º every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strike and Dip | Virtual Compass º |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (308 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 308 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hunt Mountain Software | Villegas Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Strike and Dip
Virtual Compass º
In-app purchases
Strike and Dip
No in-app purchases
Virtual Compass º
No in-app purchases
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